Just a day after Carrie Fisher passed away following a heart attack, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died.
The Hollywood star, best known for her work in Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown died today as the result of a stroke, TMZ reports.
Just a day after Carrie Fisher passed away following a heart attack, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died, with her son saying: "She's now with Carrie".
The Hollywood star, best known for her work in Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown died today as the result of a stroke, TMZ reports.
The 84-year-old was reportedly rushed to a hospital shortly after 1pm (local time) when someone at her son, Todd's home called 911 to report a possible stroke.
Carrie Fisher with mother Debbie Reynolds. Photo / AP
TMZ reports Debbie and Todd were making funeral plans for Carrie Fisher at the time, who died Wednesday.
Reynolds herself took to social media after the passing of Carrie Fisher on Wednesday, leaving a brief message on Facebook, thanking fans for embracing 'the gifts and talents' of her daughter throughout her career.
"I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop," she wrote, before signing off with 'Love Carrie's Mother'.
It's no secret Reynolds' relationship with Carrie was strained for many years.
In an interview with Oprah in 2011, Fisher famously revealed, "We had a fairly volatile relationship earlier on in my 20s. I didn't want to be around her, I did not want to be Debbie Reynolds' daughter."
Reynolds responded: "It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.
"It was a total estrangement. She didn't talk to me for probably 10 years. So that was the most difficult time of all. Very painful, very heartbreaking."
But the pair became close in recent years, and according to TMZ, just hours before her stroke, Reynolds told her son Todd: "I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie."
Speaking from Cedars-Sinai Medical Cdenter, where his mother was taken by ambulance earlier today, Todd said: "She's now with Carrie and we're all heartbroken".
